Left Brain Artists
Gel plate image prints Image transfers using gel plate lead to their utter transformation. And the fascination of one world changing into another, unpredictably. Hunt for images in glossy magazines is mostly driven by their contemporary appeal, stereotypes enforced by advertising, fashion, design. Gel plate turns them into essentially monochromatic prints, faded, specled, grainy, aged, […]
Rice paper monotype prints Line in art comprises one of the seven most known elements (the other six being form, shape, value, color, texture, and space). These are formal art tools that are applied to create a visual art composition and span across all fine arts, photography, architecture… In a very simple classification, lines (in […]
Still life paintings I have always wondered why this painting ‘genre’ is called ‘still life’ (in my mother tongue – ‘dead nature’ – literally)? The snippets of table arrangements, flowers in a window sill, fruits gathered in bowls, kitchen and dining ware are all equally lively as the ‘living’ nature, social scenes, faces or figures. […]
Gel plate monoprintig on rice paper Inspirations often come ‘out of nowhere’. Triggers unexpected, associations borne from chance. Here is one that created a frenzy of activity, a binge almost. Thoughtful, nevertheless. Recently, Hung went on a tour through galleries of New York City, rejoicing in ‘in person’ encounters with New York school artists, her […]
Mixed media acrylic paintings Remember Les Automatistes, a Quebec avant-garde artistic group of 1950s practicing ‘automatic painting’, blind-folded, un-intentional, expression of subconscious? And our ‘Close to Heart’ Marcelle Ferron among them? Is it truly possible to create a stunning painting by random unconscious movements, without any contemplation at all? Just look at her paintings, and […]
Collage Paper Games are becoming paper concepts, focusing on the BrainArt 2023 exhibition installation. The theme of the exhibit is ‘The Multifaceted Brain’, with three subthemes addressing diversity and adaptation: Adaptation and diversity across cultures, Diversity of human sexuality, and Neurodiversity. These are complex themes that call for unusual ways. We will start by depicting […]
Mixed media figurative art New energy found in orange touches many facets of our lives and art – we expressed it in paintings of nature, in objects we created or enjoyed, in emotion- flooded abstract art. The last chapter of the Project Orange are faces and figures, expressed, as always, in a variety of mediums. […]
Gel print image transfer We have supreme photographers among us – sensitive, emotional, original lenses. Once, Natasha revealed her art in one simple statement – searching for weak signals. I am not a photographer – my photos are good, sometimes witty, but ordinary. Unexpectedly, I stumbled upon the way of projecting ‘weak signals’. It goes […]
Gell print painting and drawing Printmaking, etching, graphic design – all are involved techniques allowing a limited number of repeat prints. Specialized branches of visual arts. Well, modernity and innovation (of materials, media, textures, resources), with omnipresent internet and YT, brought in a democratization. Techniques simplified, materials easy to use and affordable, acceptance of styles […]
Gel monotype printing Have you ever been mesmerized by wallpaper patterns? Repeated in a rhythm, floral or geometric, colorful, in the time of baroque…well, overwhelming. Art Deco semi-moons in gold and black. Moroccan patterns, tiles of Portugal or Alhambra.. Modern minimalism of the late decade has suddenly been pushed away in favor of abundance of […]
Left Brain Artists